EVENTING CANTERBURY

SOUTH ISLAND THREE DAY EVENT

Friday, April 24 – Sunday, April 26

Canterbury Park (Canterbury A&P showgrounds), Wigram Road, Christchurch

West Melton’s Emily Butcher has retained her lead on Gibstar in the DEVI Heating Systems FEI CC1* after the demanding cross country phase of the South Island Three Day Event, held at Canterbury Park today.

Butcher started the day in prime position lying first on Gibstar and third on her second ride Transcend, and has retained both positions. She added no faults on the cross country flying around the Auckland-based Tich Massey designed course with apparent ease. Reefton’s Eve Hawes has continued her strong performance, holding onto second, and having added 0.4 of a time penalty Prebbleton’s Alison Orange and Woodbridge slipped to fourth.

Riders in the Tavern Harewood FEI CCI2* did not fair so well. Dressage leader Ashburton’s Larissa Srhoy was forced to withdraw before the cross country as her horse Starburst was showing signs of lameness, and Otago’s Christen Hayde andTandarra Sweet As had the misfortune of coming to grief on just three fences from home. Hayde looked to have done a foot-perfect round clearing all the big questions but fell at Fence 22, The Tires. Horse and rider were both alright but FEI rules state one fall equals elimination.

The leaderboard was relatively unchanged in the Back on Track Pre Novice with few faults recorded. Broadfield’s Penny Lawrence and Imagine retained their slim lead with a clear cross country round. Kirsty Ogilvie and State of Play remain second, with Natasha McCurdy and Red Label, third. Less than two rails separate the first six placeholders going into the final show jumping phase tomorrow.

Kirsten Beaven on RV Tiviano and Kirsty Pierson on Smart Cookie will go into the show jumping phase leading their respective Training sections, while Timaru’s Laura Bishell has held onto the lead in the Pacificvet Pre Training.

The penultimate showjumping phase will be held tomorrow, starting at 9am.

Results:

End of Day 2 – Class 2 DEVI Heating Systems CC1* - Emily Butcher (West Melton), Gibstar, 52.4, 1; Eve Hawes (Reefton), Turbulance, 53.5, 2; Emily Butcher (West Melton) Transcend, 54.8, 3; Alison Orange (Prebbleton), Woodbridge, 55.2, 4; Georgie Meredith (Christchurch), Wynyard Freelance, 56.5, 5.

Class 3 Back On Track Pre Novice – Penny Lawrence (Broadfield), Imagine, 33, 1; Kirsty Ogilvie (West Melton), State of Play, 33.3, 2; Natasha McCurdy (Rangiora) 33.9, 3; Brent Jury (Rangiora), 34.8, 4; Georgia Robb (Greymouth), 35.4, 5.

Class 4 Lysaght Horse Coaches of Canterbury Training – Kirsten Beaven (West Melton), RV Tiviano, 34, 1; Esther Burrows (Amberley) Steffield’s Majesty, 40.7, 2; Sarah Feary (Oxford), Bollinger, 41.1, 3; Tracey Udy (Rangiora) Rise & Shine, 41.7, 4; Amy Field (West Melton), Casino Royale, 41.8, 5.

Class 5 Lysaght Horse Coaches of Canterbury Training 4,5, and 6 Year Olds – Kirsty Pierson (Kaiapoi), Smart Cookie, 38.6, 1; Cameron Scarlett (Oxford), Fox In Socks, 41, 2; James Avery (Nelson), Legolas, 42.8, 3; Emily Butcher (West Melton), Jack, 45.2, 4; Elizabeth Sheat (Palmerston, Otago) Springbank Cuddle Me, 55.4, 5.

Class 6 Pacificvet Pre Training – Laura Bishell (Timaru), Kolorkode, 27.9, 1; Emily Butcher (West Melton), Maclaka, 30, 2; Seija Parkkali (Christchurch), Eyredale Dulciana, 30.6, 3; Heather Muldoon (Oxford), Mountain Thistle, 33.8, 4; YoeriWoudenberg (West Melton), Final Notice, 34.4, 5.

Saddlery Barn South Island Young Event horse championship: Kate Cavanagh, Gibraltar Rock, 82.29, 1; Emily Butcher, Lewis, 75, 2; Richard Turner, Roscoe, 74.46, 3; Amanda Brown, Chinwag, 74.18, 4; Emily Butcher, Shaw Thing, 73.36, 5; Courtney Mehlhopt, Willie Doo III, 71.54, 6. Leading 5YO – Kate Cavanagh, Gibraltar Rock. Leading 4YO – Emily Butcher, Lewis. Leading Mare – Eve Hawes, Hurlingham Lansong.

Time table

Sunday, April 26          Showjumping All Classes followed by presentations

Start Time 9am - Pre Training (Class 6), Training (Classes 4 & 5) and Pre Novice (Class 3)

Start Time 1pm – CCI* (Class 2) followed by CCI2* (Class 1)

Presentations 2.30pm